Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937.

On 23.02.24 a warmly received Glasgow Celtic played a hastily arranged friendly against an Irish Free State XI in Dublin. Celtic won 3...

Tottenham Hotspur's Bert Bliss with an overhead kick in the 1921 FA Cup Final. Bliss was an inside forward who made 215 appearances...

Morning Advertiser 18.01.1869 T he County Ground at Islington (also known as The Cattle Market Ground) was no longer in use for cric...

Vivian Woodward played 23 'full' internationals for England, scoring 28 goals. This match, played on April 4th, 1903 was his thi...

As I've written before, if I had a time machine I think the first football match I would go and watch would be the 1930 ...

Always play fair; be always ready to congratulate your conqueror and you’ll never be sorry for it. I’ve always played fair and tried to p...

I'm writing a book about Northern Union, so I'm going to be taking a break from posting on this blog. I intend to return to this ...

  Sophus 'Krølben' Nielsen- 10 goals v France . Gottfried Fuchs- 10 goals v Russia  Poul 'Tist' Nielsen - featur...